Race to the Primaries ...

... the Hickenlooper edition.

All work, no play makes Jungle Girl a dull, grumpy, dissatisfied woman.  So it's nice when every so often work and play intersect, or, at least when work makes room and sanctions some non-work, even if it's not exactly play.

The current BigLaw firm (Jungle Girl's third as an attorney, fourth as an employee, so let's call it hereafter Firm4th - yup, a dorky little nod to Bluebooking) has decided to host a series of town halls for any Presidential candidate willing to come.  It is nonpartisan, being billed as helping us lawyers to better undertake our duty of civic engagement.  Although, pragmatically, this time around, that means Democratic primary candidates.  So Jungle Girl took advantage and went.

First up was John Hickenlooper.  A genial enough fellow.   Seems he sells himself as a pro-business, middle of the road unifier.  His policy leanings seem moderate.  Fine enough.

Photo from Wikipedia.

Jungle Girl here is a big believer in "extracurriculars" - affinity groups, recruiting, volunteering.  Makes for a more satisfied worker bee.  Jury is out on whether a more productive one, given that some time is necessarily diverted from pure legal work, but the value of psychological health at work is not to be underestimated.  Long hours take their toll, diminishing returns set in.  Still trying to work out what the optimal combinations are.  One day, probably on the cusp of retirement, ironically, all will be revealed - just when it's too late to make a difference... (fn 1).

Fn 1.  A repeat of the law school note taking experience (looping back to the art of Bluebooking) - it wasn't until third year that Jungle Girl finally perfected a highlighting and tabbing system, and then pfft, graduation.  It would have been nice to pass that along to someone else, but note taking is so personal a system (fn 2).

Fn 2.  Apparently lawyerly note taking is a hot topic these days.  Huh.  Take an ordinary, commonplace, common sense practice,  try to burn down the house.  That's the whole approach of the Administration encapsulated right there.